From the net out, it looks like we’re going to see a new-look Maple Leafs lineup that face the red-hot Penguins in their home opener Wednesday night at the Consol Energy Center.

Based on the way the morning skate unfolded here, James Reimer will make his first start in the Leafs goal after Ben Scrivens was solid in putting together a 1-1 record for the first two games.

But that’s just the start of Toronto coach Randy Carlyle’s machinations for Game 3 of this fast-track schedule.

He has juggled up his forward lines in the hopes of generating some offence and there’s a possibility defenceman Jake Gardiner will make his season debut after pronouncing himself fit from the after-effects of a concussion he suffered with the Toronto Marlies.

“I think you juggle just because of the lack of offence we’ve been able to create,” Carlyle said following the skate. “It’s not as if we haven’t had chances. We’ve had lots of chances. Right now it’s one of the things that’s an option.”

Based on what he rolled out at the morning skate, here’s how Carlyle’s lines would look tonight: Tyler Bozak at centre between Phil Kessel and Clarke MacArthur, Mikhail Grabovski between Nikolai Kulemin and James van Riemsdyk and Nazem Kadri between Joffrey Lupul and Leo Komarov. The fourth line of Mike Brown, Jay McClement and Colton Orr would likely remain the same.

While Carlyle cautioned that those groupings aren’t “set in stone” they are in line with his thinking of keeping pairs of forwards together. With Lupul and Kadri together, there is also the possible that Kadri, who has two of the team’s goals this season, gets more ice time.

“The decision is, is it Bozak and Kessel or is it Kessel and Lupul or is it Bozak and Lupul?” Carlyle said, referencing the team’s top line in the previous two games. “In my mind, that’s something we have the ability to do as a coaching staff and the players know that.”

The decision to start Reimer certainly puts him into the fire, facing a Penguins team deep in scorers from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin on down. But Reimer did shut the Pens out in a 1-0 victory last February at the Air Canada Centre.

“You respect their talent, but you go out and play hard against them,” Reimer said. “We have a good team in here and we’re focused.

“I feel ready to go. There might be some stuff here and there but I’ll be ready to go.”

Crosby, by the way, has yet to score in two games this season but has had massive success against the Leafs. In his past six games vs. Toronto, the Penguins captain has nine goals and an assist.

If Gardiner is cleared to play from team doctors, the Leafs will have to make a roster move with nine defencemen on the trip. Most likely it would see Korbinian Holzer return to the AHL Marlies.

Back to the forward group, Carlyle said he has told Grabovski that he needs to play with some more edge, a message he hammered home towards the end of the morning skate.

“I think the tenacity he normally displays hasn’t been to the same level we require,” Carlyle said. “I’ve asked him to do that. He has to play with more fire and his natural personality. We need more nastiness from him.”